From: Barbara Lamar (altamiratexas@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 17:04:25 MDT
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Mike Lorrey
<This is a great day for privacy advocates, and the alliance of 6
conservative and liberal judges in this ruling indicates that
libertarian issues like this are gaining a serious audience in the
court.>
Yes, I was glad to see this. The decision apparently only protects the
interior of one's home and says nothing with regard to satellite or
helicopter surveillance of one's land. However, it's a step in the right
direction.
If anyone is interested in more on this case, it's styled *Kyllo v. United
States*. You can read the opinion here:
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-8508.ZS.html
There's a PDF version of a brief filed in the case by the ACLU at
http://www.aclu.org/court/kyllo.pdf
Barbara
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